Dedication - From "a Century Of Roundels" Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC CBC BCBC| TO CHRISTINA G ROSSETTI | A |
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| Songs light as these may sound though deep and strong | B |
| The heart spake through them scarce should hope to please | C |
| Ears tuned to strains of loftier thoughts than throng | B |
| Songs light as these | C |
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| Yet grace may set their sometime doubt at ease | C |
| Nor need their too rash reverence fear to wrong | B |
| The shrine it serves at and the hope it sees | C |
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| For childlike loves and laughters thence prolong | B |
| Notes that bid enter fearless as the breeze | C |
| Even to the shrine of holiest hearted song | B |
| Songs light as these | C |
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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